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• Our invention provides silacyclobutane compounds having a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-3 position.
• Our invention also provides methods of preparing the silacyclobutane compounds, silane polymers containing at least one silacyclobutane unit and siloxane polymers containing at least one silacyclobutane unit.
• silacyclobutane having the formula: where R' is a monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group or Y, R'' and R''' are independently hydrogen or a monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, Y is a monovalent group paving a nitrogen or oxygen atom bonded to the silicon atom of the silacyclobutane and x is from 0 to 3.
• U.S. Patent 5,001,187 discloses an aqueous silicone emulsion of polydiorganosiloxane having silacyclobutane groups, comprising the product obtained by the emulsion polymerization of a polydiorganosiloxane oligomer having the formula HO(R a 2 SiO) m H and a silacyclobutane having the formula: wherein Y is a group or atom reactive with the SiOH group of the oligomer; R a is a monovalent hydrocarbon or substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R b and R c are hydrogen, hydrocarbon groups or substituted hydrocarbon groups and m is from 3 to 500.
• Auner et al. disclose the synthesis of silicon dichloro substituted 3-vinyl-1-silacyclobutanes by reaction of equimolar amounts of trichlorovinylsilane and tert-butyllithium and an excess of a 1,3-butadiene (Organometallics 1993, 12(10), 4123-4134).
• GB 2,326,417 to Auner et al. discloses silacyclobutane compounds, silacyclobutene compounds and siloxane polymers containing silacyclobutane and/or silacyclobutene units.
• the silacyclobutane compounds have the formula: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are independently a hydrocarbon group or hydrogen; R 6 is alkyl having at least 4 carbon atoms, X is a hydrolyzable group and R 8 is R 1 or X. Examples of X include halogen and hydrocarbonoxy.
• R 1 and R 4 are preferably methyl groups or vinyl groups and that the siloxane polymers have improved resistance to low temperatures.
• the present invention is directed to a silacyclobutane compound having the formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation, triorganosilyl or hydrogen; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; provided that when R 3 is hydrogen, neither R 1 nor R 2 is chloro or organooxy.
• the present invention is further directed to a silane polymer containing at least one silacyclobutane unit having the formula: wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; R 5 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group and a is 0 or 1.
• the instant invention is still further directed to a siloxane polymer containing at least one silacyclobutane unit having the formula: wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation, triorganosilyl or a hydrogen atom; R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; and R 6 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, hydroxy or -O-; provided that when R 3 is a hydrogen atom, R 6 is not chloro or organooxy.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention exhibit high thermal stability. In fact, the compounds can be heated in an air atmosphere at temperatures up to 100°C. without any decomposition.
• our method of preparing the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention is highly regioselective.
• the present method affords a single regioisomer wherein the substituted ethynyl group in the starting conjugated enyne is attached to the ring C-3 position in the silacyclobutane compound.
• Regioisomeric silacyclobutane compounds having the substituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-2 position are not detected.
• the reaction proceeds in one synthetic step using readily accessible starting materials.
• silane and siloxane polymers of the present invention exhibit improved resistance to low temperatures compared to conventional polysiloxanes and polysilanes.
• the silane and siloxane polymers of the instant invention contain at least one silacyclobutane unit having a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-3 position.
• the carbon-carbon triple bond of the ethynyl group in the silacyclobutane units is reactive in hydrosilylation reactions with compounds containing silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention are particularly useful for preparing silane and siloxane polymers, including homopolymers and copolymers.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having at least one chloro group attached to the ring silicon atom are useful for preparing silane polymers and silylating silica or glass surfaces.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having at least one chloro, triorganosiloxy or organooxy group attached to the ring silicon atom are useful for preparing siloxane polymers and endcapping siloxane polymers and siloxane resins.
• silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-3 position can be used in hydrosilylation reactions with compounds having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, such as polysiloxanes and polysilanes, to produce polysiloxanes or polysilanes containing terminal and/or pendant silacyclobutane rings.
• silane polymers of the present invention are useful for the preparation of silicon carbide by pyrolysis.
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention are useful as ingredients in compositions exposed to low temperatures, such as transformer fluids and brake fluids.
• the siloxane polymers of the instant invention are also useful for the preparation of hydrosilylation curable silicone compositions, which further comprise an organohydrogensiloxane crosslinking agent.
• substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group refers to a group having the formula -C ⁇ CR 3 wherein R 3 is defined below.
• a silacyclobutane compound according to the present invention has the formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation, triorganosilyl or hydrogen; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; provided that when R 3 is a hydrogen atom, neither R 1 nor R 2 is chloro or organooxy.
• the monovalent hydrocarbon groups represented by R 1 and R 2 typically have 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably have 1-10 carbon atoms, and more preferably have 1-5 carbon atoms.
• Acyclic monovalent hydrocarbon groups containing at least 3 carbon atoms can have a branched or unbranched structure.
• Examples of monovalent hydrocarbon groups include, but are not limited to, unbranched and branched alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl and octadecyl; cycloalkyl, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and methylcyclohexyl; aryl, such as
• the triorganosiloxy groups represented by R 1 and R 2 have the formula R 3 SiO-, wherein each R is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group as defined and exemplified above, including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• Examples of preferred triorganosiloxy groups include trimethylsiloxy, triethylsiloxy, dimethylphenylsiloxy and diphenylmethylsiloxy.
• organooxy groups represented by R 1 and R 2 have the formula RO-, wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group as defined and exemplified above, including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group as defined and exemplified above, including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• preferred organooxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy and phenoxy.
• the triorganosilyl groups represented by R 1 , R 2 and R 3 have the formula R 3 Si-, wherein each R is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group as defined and exemplified above, including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• Examples of preferred triorganosilyl groups include trimethylsilyl, triethylsilyl, dimethylphenylsilyl and diphenylmethylsilyl.
• the monovalent hydrocarbon groups represented by R 3 are free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation.
• the term "free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation” means that the monovalent hydrocarbon groups do not contain an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond or carbon-carbon triple bond conjugated to the carbon-carbon triple bond attached to the ring C-3 position of the silacyclobutane compound.
• These monovalent hydrocarbon groups typically have 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably have 1-10 carbon atoms, and more preferably have 1-5 carbon atoms.
• Acyclic monovalent hydrocarbon groups containing at least 3 carbon atoms can have a branched or unbranched structure.
• Examples of monovalent hydrocarbon groups free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation include unbranched and branched alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl and octadecyl; cycloalkyl, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and methylcyclohexyl; aryl
• Examples of preferred monovalent hydrocarbon groups free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation include methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl and phenyl. Most preferably, the monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation represented by R 3 is aryl, such as phenyl.
• the monovalent saturated hydrocarbon groups represented by R 4 typically have 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably have 1-10 carbon atoms, and more preferably have 1-5 carbon atoms.
• Acyclic monovalent saturated hydrocarbon groups containing at least 3 carbon atoms can have a branched or unbranched structure.
• monovalent saturated hydrocarbon groups include unbranched and branched alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 1-ethylpropyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylpropyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl and octadecyl; and cycloalkyl, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and methylcyclohexyl.
• Preferred monovalent saturated hydrocarbon groups include methyl,
• silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention include 1,1-dichloro-3-methyl-2-neopentyl-3-(2-trimethylsilyethynyl)-1-silacyclobutane; 3-(but-1-yn-1-yl)-1,1-dichloro-3-methyl-2-neopentyl-1-silacyclobutane; and 1,1-dichloro-3-methyl-2-neopentyl-3-(2-phenylethynyl)-1-silacyclobutane.
• a preferred silacyclobutane according to the present invention is 1,1-dichloro-3-methyl-2-neopentyl-3-(2-phenylethynyl)-1-silacyclobutane.
• the triorganosiloxy groups represented by R 1 and R 2 are as defined and exemplified above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I), including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• a dichloro(triorganosiloxy)vinylsilane can be obtained by using one mole of the triorganosilanol or triorganosilanoate per mole of trichlorovinylsilane.
• a chlorodi(triorganosiloxy)vinylsilane can be obtained by using two moles of the triorganosilanol or triorganosilanoate per mole of trichlorovinylsilane.
• the reaction of the triorganosilanol or triorganosilanoate with trichlorovinylsilane is typically carried out in an ether solvent, such as diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran.
• reaction of the triorganosilanol with trichlorovinylsilane is preferably carried out in the presence of a base, such as pyridine or a tertiary amine, which can combine with the liberated HCl.
• a base such as pyridine or a tertiary amine
• a preferred method of preparing the triorganosiloxy-containing chlorovinylsilanes of the present method was used by Auner et al. to prepare chlorobis(trimethylsiloxy)vinylsilane (Chem. Ber. 1993, 126, 2177-2186).
• a solution of a lithium trimethylsilanoate (400 mmol) in diethyl ether (250 mL) is slowly added over a period of three hours to a solution of trichlorovinylsilane (200 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (300 mL) at 0°C. After allowing the mixture to warm to room temperature, the ether solvents are removed by distillation.
• the conjugated enynes of the present method wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation can be prepared by well known methods in the art, including dehydration of propargylic alcohols, coupling of terminal alkynes with vinyl halides and isomerization of certain enynes. For example, these and other methods are described by L. Brandsma in Studies in Organic Chemistry 34: Preparative Acetylenic Chemistry, 2nd ed.; Elsevier Science: Amsterdam, 1992. The particular method selected, which depends on the structure of the desired enyne, will be apparent to one skilled in the art. Some of these methods are demonstrated in the Examples below.
• organolithium compounds can be used, including ethyllithium, butyllithium and phenyllithium.
• the tert-butyllithium of the present method is typically used in a hydrocarbon solvent such as pentane, hexane or cyclohexane.
• a hydrocarbon solvent such as pentane, hexane or cyclohexane.
• Methods of preparing tert-butyllithium are very well known in the art. Solutions of tert-butyllithium in hydrocarbon solvents are commercially available in a range of concentrations.
• the hydrocarbon solvent for the tert-butyllithium is the same as the hydrocarbon solvent used as a diluent for the reaction, described below, when a diluent is used.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present method are prepared by contacting a mixture of the chlorovinylsilane and the conjugated enyne with tert-butyllithium.
• the reaction can be carried out in any standard reactor suitable for contacting a chlorosilane with an organolithium compound.
• the reactor is equipped with a means of agitation, such as a stirring.
• the present method is preferably carried out in the substantial absence of atmospheric oxygen or moisture. This can be accomplished by purging the reactor with a dry inert gas, such as nitrogen or argon, prior to the introduction of the reactants and thereafter maintaining an atmosphere of such gas in the reactor.
• a dry inert gas such as nitrogen or argon
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present method can be prepared in the absence of a diluent
• the chlorovinylsilane and the conjugated enyne are preferably dissolved in a hydrocarbon solvent prior to contacting the resulting mixture with tert-butyllithium.
• Any hydrocarbon solvent or mixture of hydrocarbon solvents that does not interfere with the reaction to produce the silacyclobutene compounds of the present method can be used as a diluent.
• the hydrocarbon solvent has a normal boiling point up to 200°C. When the hydrocarbon solvent has a boiling point above 200°C., it may be difficult to separate the solvent from the silacyclobutene compounds by distillation.
• hydrocarbon solvents examples include pentane, hexane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, heptane, octane, toluene, xylene and isomers thereof.
• the hydrocarbon solvent is pentane or hexane.
• the volume of the hydrocarbon solvent is typically from 0.01 to 100 and preferably 1 to 20 times the combined volume of the chlorovinylsilane and the conjugated enyne.
• the mixture of the chlorovinylsilane and the conjugated enyne can be contacted with tert-butyllithium at a temperature of from -78°C. up to 70°C.
• the reaction is carried out at a temperature of from - 78°C. to room temperature and more preferably, at room temperature.
• the mixture of the chlorovinylsilane and the conjugated enyne is contacted with tert-butyllithium by slowly adding tert-butyllithium to the mixture.
• a solution of tert-butyllithium in a hydrocarbon solvent is added to the mixture in a dropwise manner.
• the reaction mixture is agitated, for example, by stirring, at least during the addition of the tert-butyllithium.
• the mole ratio of the chlorovinylsilane to the conjugated enyne to tert-butyllithium may vary over a wide range, preferably equimolar amounts of these reactants are used. An excess of any one of the reactants can lead to the formation of byproducts and a lower yield of the desired silacyclobutane compound.
• excess tert-butyllithium may react with the silacyclobutane product by displacing chloride or cleaving the triorganosiloxysilicon bond.
• Excess conjugated enyne may react with tert-butyllithium to form byproducts, such as 1,2- and 1,4-addition products.
• Excess chlorovinylsilane may react with the tert-butyllithium to form byproducts such as disilacyclobutanes.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present method can be recovered from their reaction mixtures by removing the lithium chloride precipitate by filtration, removing the hydrocarbon solvent by simple distillation under reduced pressure and then fractionally distilling the residue under high vacuum.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having at least one triorganosiloxy group, organooxy group, triorganosilyl group or monovalent hydrocarbon group attached to the ring silicon atom can be prepared from the corresponding monochlorosilacyclobutane or dichlorosilacyclobutane compounds using well known reactions of organochlorosilanes to form silicon-oxygen, silicon-silicon and silicon-carbon bonds.
• the monochlorosilacyclobutane starting materials can be prepared from the corresponding dichlorosilacyclobutane compounds using these same methods.
• the dichlorosilacyclobutane compounds are prepared as described above.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having at least one triorganosiloxy group attached to the ring silicon atom can be prepared by reacting the corresponding triorganosilanol or triorganosilanoate with a chlorosilacyclobutane compound according to the following scheme: wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; M is an alkali metal; R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
• R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group
• M is an alkali metal
• R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group
• R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosily
• the reaction of the triorganosilanol with the chiorosilacyclobutane is typically carried out in the presence of a base, such as pyridine or a tertiary amine, which can combine with the liberated HCl.
• a base such as pyridine or a tertiary amine
• the triorganosilanoates can be obtained by reacting the corresponding triorgano(organooxy)silanes with an alkali metal hydroxide or by reacting the corresponding triorganosilanols with an alkali metal or alkali metal hydroxide.
• the triorganosilanoates can also be prepared by reacting the corresponding hexaorganodisiloxanes with sodium hydroxide in alcoholic solution or with an organolithium reagent, such as methyllithium or phenyllithium in a hydrocarbon solvent.
• the reaction of the triorganosilanoate with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound is typically carried out in a hydrocarbon solvent such as toluene.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having at least one organooxy group attached to the ring silicon atom can be prepared by reacting the corresponding alcohol or phenol with a chlorosilacyclobutane compound in the presence of a base according to the following scheme: wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
• the groups represented by R, R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are as defined and exemplified above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I).
• the reaction of the alcohol or phenol with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound is typically carried out in the presence of a base, such as pyridine or a tertiary amine, which can combine with the liberated HCl.
• a base such as pyridine or a tertiary amine
• the alcohol or phenol is substantially free of water.
• the reaction of the alcohol or phenol with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound is frequently carried out using excess alcohol or phenol as the solvent. However, excess alcohol or phenol should be avoided when preparing a mono(organooxy)silacyclobutane compound from a dichlorosilacyclobutane compound.
• the reaction of the alcohol or phenol with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound can also be carried out in an inert solvent such as ether or toluene.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having at least one triorganosilyl group attached to the ring silicon atom can be prepared by reacting the corresponding triorganosilyl-alkali metal compound with a chlorosilacyclobutane compound according to the following scheme: wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; M is an alkali metal; R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
• R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group
• M is an alkali metal
• R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group
• R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl
• R 4
• the triorganosilyl-alkali metal compounds can be obtained by reacting the corresponding hexaorganodisilanes with an alkali metal in an ether solvent. These compounds can also be prepared in good yield by reacting the corresponding chlorosilanes with lithium metal in tetrahydrofuran.
• the reaction of the triorganosilyl-alkali metal compound with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound is typically carried out in an ether solvent, such as tetrahydrofuran, at room temperature.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having at least one monovalent hydrocarbon group attached to the ring silicon atom can be prepared by reacting the corresponding Grignard reagent or organometallic compound with a chlorosilacyclobutane compound according to the following scheme: wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; M is a metal; X is chloro or bromo; R 2 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
• the groups represented by R, R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are as defined and exemplified above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I).
• the organometallic compound can be any of the common organometallic compounds that are reactive with organochlorosilanes, including organolithium, organosodium, organopotassium and organozinc compounds. Organolithium compounds are preferred due to their greater reactivity.
• the reaction of the Grignard reagent or organometallic compound with the chlorosilacyclobutane compound is typically carried out in an ether, such as diethyl ether or a hydrocarbon solvent, such as toluene.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having formula (I) wherein R 3 is a hydrogen atom can be prepared by desilylation of the corresponding (triorganosilyl)ethynylsilacyclobutane compounds using the well known Arens-Schmidt reaction, according to the following scheme: wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R 1 and R 2 are independently triorganosiloxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; and R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group.
• the groups represented by R, R 1 , R 2 and R 4 are as defined and exemplified above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I).
• the resulting silver salt which can be isolated from the reaction mixture, is then treated with an aqueous solution of potassium cyanide (2 moles of KCN per mole of the silacyclobutane compound) at room temperature.
• a silane polymer according to the present invention contains at least one silacyclobutane unit having the formula: wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation or triorganosilyl; R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; R 5 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl or a monovalent hydrocarbon group; and a is 0 or 1.
• silane polymers of the present invention have a degree of polymerization typically from 3 to 1000 and preferably from 5 to 200.
• the silane polymers of the instant invention include homopolymers and copolymers containing silacyclobutane units having formula (II).
• One type of copolymer contains only silacyclobutane units, wherein at least two different silacyclobutane units are present.
• Another type of copolymer contains silacyclobutane units and organosilane units having the formula R 2 Si wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I).
• the silane polymer of the present invention can be prepared using any of the well known methods of preparing polysilanes from organochlorosilanes.
• the silane polymer of the present invention is prepared using the Wurtz coupling reaction by reacting at least one chlorosilacyclobutane compound or a mixture of at least one chlorosilacyclobutane compound and an organochlorosilane compound in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of sodium (or lithium) metal.
• Chlorosilacyclobutane compounds suitable for use in preparing the silane polymers of the present invention have formula (I) wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is chloro.
• Organochlorosilane compounds suitable for use in the Wurtz coupling reaction include compounds having the formula R m SiCl (4-m) and silane oligomers and silane polymers containing at least one silicon-bonded chlorine atom, wherein R and the organic groups in the oligomers and polymers are monovalent hydrocarbon groups as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I) and m is 2 or 3.
• the Wurtz reaction is carried out in a hydrocarbon solvent having a boiling point above 100°C., such as toluene, under reflux conditions.
• a hydrocarbon solvent having a boiling point above 100°C., such as toluene such as toluene
• the polymer product can be recovered by removing the sodium (or lithium) chloride by filtration and then concentrating the filtrate under reduced pressure.
• a siloxane polymer according to the present invention contains at least one silacyclobutane unit having the formula: wherein R 3 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group tree of conjugated aliphatic unsaturation, triorganosilyl or a hydrogen atom; R 4 is a monovalent saturated hydrocarbon group; and R 6 is chloro, triorganosiloxy, organooxy, triorganosilyl, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, hydroxy or -O-; provided that when R 3 is a hydrogen atom, R 6 is not chloro or organooxy.
• the groups represented by R 3 , R 4 , R 6 are as defined and exemplified above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I), including the preferred embodiments thereof.
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention have a degree of polymerization typically from 3 to 1000 and preferably from 5 to 200.
• the siloxane polymers of the instant invention include homopolymers and copolymers containing silacyclobutane units having formula (III).
• One type of copolymer contains only silacyclobutane units, wherein at least two different silacyclobutane units are present.
• Another type of copolymer contains silacyclobutane units and organosiloxane units having the formula R 2 SiO 2/2 wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I).
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention can be prepared using any of the well known methods of preparing siloxane polymers, including hydrolysis and equilibration.
• the siloxane polymers of the instant invention can be prepared by hydrolyzing at least one chlorosilacyclobutane compound or a mixture of at least one chlorosilacyclobutane compound and an organochlorosilane compound.
• Chlorosilacyclobutane compounds suitable for use in preparing the siloxane polymers of the present invention by hydrolysis have formula (I) wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is chloro.
• Organochlorosilane compounds suitable for use in the hydrolysis reaction include compounds having the formula R m SiCl (4-m) and siloxane oligomers and siloxane polymers containing at least one silicon-bonded chlorine atom, wherein R and the organic groups in the oligomers and polymers are monovalent hydrocarbon groups as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I) and m is 2 or 3.
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention can also be prepared by hydrolyzing at least one (organooxy)silacyclobutane compound or a mixture of at least one (organooxy)silacyclobutane compound and an organo(organooxy)silane compound.
• organooxysilacyclobutane compounds suitable for use in preparing the siloxane polymers of the present invention by hydrolysis have formula (I) wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is organooxy.
• Organo(organooxy)silane compounds suitable for use in the hydrolysis reaction include compounds having the formula R m Si(OR) 4-m and siloxane oligomers and polymers containing at least one silicon-bonded organooxy group, wherein R and the organic groups in the oligomers and polymers are monovalent hydrocarbon groups as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I) and m is 2 or 3.
• the hydrolysis of the (organooxy)silacyclobutane compounds can be carried out in the presence of an acid or base catalyst.
• Acid catalysts which can be removed by washing such as hydrochloric acid, oxalic acid, acetic acid and trichloracetic acid are preferred.
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention can also be prepared by equilibration of at least one (triorganosiloxy)silacyclobutane compound or a mixture of at least one (triorganosiloxy)silacyclcobutane compound and an organosiloxane compound.
• Triorganosiloxy)silacyclobutane compounds suitable for use in preparing the siloxane polymers of the present invention have formula (I) wherein at least one of R 1 and R 2 is triorganosiloxy.
• the organosiloxane compounds used in the equilibration reaction can be any common organosiloxane compounds, including disiloxanes having the formula (R 3 Si) 2 O, organocyclosiloxanes having the formula (R 2 SiO) n , siloxane oligomers and siloxane polymers, wherein R and the organic groups in the oligomers and polymers are monovalent hydrocarbon groups as defined above for the silacyclobutane compound having formula (I) and n is from 3 to 10.
• organocyclosiloxanes include octamethyltetracyclosiloxane (D 4 ) and decamethylpentacyclosiloxane (D 5 ).
• Examples of siloxane oligomers and polymers include dimethylsiloxane fluids.
• the aforementioned equilibration reaction is typically carried out in the presence of a strong acid or base.
• suitable acids include sulfuric acid, trifluormethanesulfonic acid and dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid.
• suitable bases include potassium hydroxide and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention exhibit high thermal stability. In fact, the compounds can be heated in an air atmosphere at temperatures up to 100°C. without any decomposition.
• the aforementioned method of preparing the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention is highly regioselective.
• the present method affords a single regioisomer wherein the substituted ethynyl group in the starting conjugated enyne is attached to the ring C-3 position in the silacyclobutane compound.
• Regioisomeric silacyclobutane compounds having the substituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-2 position are not detected.
• the reaction proceeds in one synthetic step using readily accessible starting materials.
• silane and siloxane polymers of the present invention exhibit improved resistance to low temperatures compared to conventional polysiloxanes and polysilanes.
• the silane and siloxane polymers of the instant invention contain at least one silacyclobutane unit having a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-3 position.
• the carbon-carbon triple bond of the ethynyl group in the silacyclobutane units is reactive in hydrosilylation reactions with compounds containing silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention are particularly useful for preparing silane and siloxane polymers, including homopolymers and copolymers.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having at least one chloro group attached to the ring silicon atom are useful for preparing silane polymers and silylating silica or glass surfaces.
• the silacyclobutane compounds of the present invention having at least one chloro, triorganosiloxy or organooxy group attached to the ring silicon atom are useful for preparing siloxane polymers and endcapping siloxane polymers and siloxane resins.
• silacyclobutane compounds of the instant invention having a substituted or unsubstituted ethynyl group attached to the ring C-3 position can be used in hydrosilylation reactions with compounds having silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, such as polysiloxanes and polysilanes, to produce polysiloxanes or polysilanes containing terminal and/or pendant silacyclobutane rings.
• silane polymers of the present invention are useful for the preparation of silicon carbide by pyrolysis.
• the siloxane polymers of the present invention are useful as ingredients in compositions exposed to low temperatures, such as transformer fluids and brake fluids.
• the siloxane polymers of the instant invention are also useful for the preparation of hydrosilylation curable silicone compositions, which further comprise an organohydrogensiloxane crosslinking agent.
• Air and/or moisture sensitive reactions were carried out under a nitrogen or argon atmosphere.
• the nitrogen and argon were dried over copper catalyst and molecular sieves (4 ⁇ ).
• the solvents were dried by distillation according to conventional procedures. Chlorosilanes were distilled from K 2 CO 3 prior to use. Reactions at temperatures below 0°C. were carried out using a cooling bath consisting of an ethanol/dry ice or ethanol/liquid nitrogen mixture, unless indicated otherwise.
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were obtained using a Bruker WP100SY ( 1 H, 13 C), Jeol JNM GX 270 ( 13 C, 29 Si), Bruker AMX 300 ( 29 Si) and a Bruker DPX 300 ( 1 H, 13 C).
• the NMR solvent was deuterated chloroform, CDCl 3 , containing tetramethylsilane as an internal standard.
• Mass spectra were obtained using a Chrompack 9000 gas chromatograph coupled with a Finnigan MAT ion trap 800. Mass spectral data was collected over a mass to charge (m/z) range of 50 to 600 employing an electron flow of 300 mA, ion accelerating voltage of 3 kV, ionization potential of 70 eV and source temperature 250°C. Methanol was used as the reactant gas in chemical ionization (CI).
• CI chemical ionization
• the ratio of the Z isomer (neopentyl group and trimethylsilylethynyl group on same side of silacyclobutane ring) to the E isomer (neopentyl group and trimethylsilylethynyl group on opposite sides of silacyclobutane ring) was 59:41, as determined by gas chromatography and NMR sprectrometry.
• the ratio of the Z isomer (butynyl group and neopentyl group on same side of silacyclobutane ring) to the E isomer (butynyl group and neopentyl group on opposite sides of silacyclobutane ring) was 53:47, as determined by gas chromatography and NMR sprectrometry.
• the ratio of the Z isomer (phenylethynyl group and neopentyl group on same side of silacyclobutane ring) to the E isomer (phenylethynyl group and neopentyl group on opposite sides of silacyclobutane ring) was 61:39, as determined by gas chromatography and NMR sprectrometry.

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